Economics

Economic Development and Business Support

• Expand the Downtown Business Incentive Credit Program to include employers with less than 15 employees.
• Reduce startup costs for new small businesses. 
• Encourage Prosper Portland create a medical Tax Increment Financing District in the South Waterfront area.
• Cut inefficiencies and redundancies in the city budget.
• Propose a Public Utility District County measure be passed in 2026.

Housing and Affordability

• Fast track permit applications that have passed plan reviews and get permits issued within 60 days or less.
• Propose a ban on the purchase of single family homes and apartment buildings by hedge funds and equity funds.
• Offer tax incentives for local developers to build work force housing. 
• Propose The Renter's Bill of Rights.  

Public Safety

• Fully fund Portland Street Response and the Fire Bureau's CHAT team to operate 24 hours daily.
• Work alongside the Police Chief in hiring more police officers. 
• Propose that first responders must live within the city of Portland.
• Require city employees come back to the office.
• Propose community policing. 
• Rapidly stand up the Portland Police Accountability Commission. 
• Update the city's sustainability plan to include the Central Energy Infrastructure Hub.